Why I Use QB-Core Over ESX
An honest breakdown of why QB-Core became my go-to FiveM framework, what ESX gets wrong, and what new server owners should actually consider.
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AJD Dumpster Diving - Free QB-Core Script Release
Introducing AJD Dumpster Diving - a free, immersive scavenging script for QB-Core FiveM servers. Turn trash into treasure with configurable loot tables and animations.
Read more 4 min readCloning Myself (and Them): Fine-Tuning on My Own Data
Extracting ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini data to build personal AI clones. How I fine-tuned Qwen3-4B on 800,000 conversation pairs to create a local AI that thinks like me.
Read more 8 min readThe Enshittification of Commercial AI
Commercial AI tools are deteriorating as guardrails expand and capabilities shrink. Why ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are becoming less useful despite the technology improving.
Read more 6 min read32 Bits of Authority: On Becoming the Expert I Used to Watch
Reflections on turning 32 and realizing I've become the expert I once aspired to be. On authority, systems thinking, and why this is the best era to understand how things connect.
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